Independence vs. Autonomy

Independencenoun

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Independencenoun

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Independencenoun

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Independencenoun

Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Independencenoun

freedom from control or influence of another or others

Independencenoun

the successful ending of the American Revolution;

Independencenoun

a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

Independencenoun

the fact or state of being independent

Independence

Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.

Autonomynoun

Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

Autonomynoun

(philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

Autonomynoun

(mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.

Autonomynoun

(Christianity) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

Autonomynoun

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

Autonomynoun

The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.

Autonomynoun

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Autonomynoun

personal independence

Autonomy

In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing.